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<blockquote data-quote="Shakeshift" data-source="post: 8539910" data-attributes="member: 7034572">I'm sorry, but I'm never saying that James Ward was a co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons even on the best of days. After what Dave Arneson had to go through just to get acknowledgement of his own claim to the legacy, it cheapens it by saying that James Ward had ANYTHING to do with it other than as a contributing writer for Deities and Demigods and a few other things. That's all he was at the end of the day was a contributing writer who was paid for his time. The fact that neither Arneson or Gygax is around anymore to refute these ridiculous claims doesn't mean that every writer for hire from those days also has a co-creator credit coming to them. Far from it. If they want creator credit, I wanna see that PROVEN in a court of intellectual property law. Until then, it's just egotistical daydreams and it has no rightful place being said as a statement of fact.That creator credit goes to two men, NOT to the people who did work FOR the two men. Amongst other reasons, we're seeing bottom-feeders like Stephen Dinehart trying to attach himself like a bloody parasite onto the D&amp;D name in order to boost up his own sub-par gaming company releasing these overpriced, under-qualified products. Then James Ward trying to act like &quot;Dungeons and Dragons : Created by James Ward, Dave Arneson, and Gary Gygax&quot; isn't just a piece of fanciful fiction to make his ego feel bigger.I will never give people false credit, and that's what this feels like; Stolen credentials. Two creators of the game, and a ton of writers, editors, and artists. That's all. End of story. &quot;Co-creator&quot; my pimpled backside. I ask for a lot more proof than a claim of &quot;I don't like to talk about it but I also secretly created that game, too!&quot; spoken passive-aggressively 40+ years after the fact.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shakeshift, post: 8539910, member: 7034572"] I'm sorry, but I'm never saying that James Ward was a co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons even on the best of days. After what Dave Arneson had to go through just to get acknowledgement of his own claim to the legacy, it cheapens it by saying that James Ward had ANYTHING to do with it other than as a contributing writer for Deities and Demigods and a few other things. That's all he was at the end of the day was a contributing writer who was paid for his time. The fact that neither Arneson or Gygax is around anymore to refute these ridiculous claims doesn't mean that every writer for hire from those days also has a co-creator credit coming to them. Far from it. If they want creator credit, I wanna see that PROVEN in a court of intellectual property law. Until then, it's just egotistical daydreams and it has no rightful place being said as a statement of fact. That creator credit goes to two men, NOT to the people who did work FOR the two men. Amongst other reasons, we're seeing bottom-feeders like Stephen Dinehart trying to attach himself like a bloody parasite onto the D&D name in order to boost up his own sub-par gaming company releasing these overpriced, under-qualified products. Then James Ward trying to act like "Dungeons and Dragons : Created by James Ward, Dave Arneson, and Gary Gygax" isn't just a piece of fanciful fiction to make his ego feel bigger. I will never give people false credit, and that's what this feels like; Stolen credentials. Two creators of the game, and a ton of writers, editors, and artists. That's all. End of story. "Co-creator" my pimpled backside. I ask for a lot more proof than a claim of "I don't like to talk about it but I also secretly created that game, too!" spoken passive-aggressively 40+ years after the fact. [/QUOTE]

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